CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoWell, that was unexpectedsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1302arrow-down1imageWell, that was unexpectedsh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoWho would benefit from a false flag operation in Russia? They’re already at war with Ukraine.
minus-squareS_204@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·9 months agoRussia would. They’re claiming it’s Ukrainian driven, giving them an excuse to intensify their attack. 25 years ago Putin bombed apartment buildings in Chechnya to give cover for the following actions.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 months agoright, but back then appearing stronk and going to war were popular moves, not how it would work now. also elections already happened unless you mean this false flag as a pretext for withdrawing from ukraine and going all in in afghanistan (again)
minus-squareS_204@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoThey’re using it as an excuse to amp up action in Ukraine, it’s going to be retaliation for the attacks on the gas infrastructure.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agothey could use, you know, attacks against refineries as pretext
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoBut Isis claimed responsibility, is russia still saying that it was Ukraine?
minus-squareEstiar@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoYes they are saying that, but Russia uses the propaganda technique ‘firehose of falsehoods’ https://thehill.com/policy/international/4551608-putin-attempts-link-gunmen-moscow-concert-hall-attack-ukraine/
minus-squarepsmgx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago . They’re claiming it’s Ukrainian driven, giving them an excuse to intensify their attack They’re already going all out with missile strikes and throwing battalions of armored assets at the line regularly. This is to allow them to declare martial law and/or draft more bodies. Assuming it was a false flag, which I doubt.
minus-squarehydroptic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoWasn’t in Chechnya but Buynaksk (in Dagestan), Moscow, and Volgodonsk (in Rostov oblast)
Who would benefit from a false flag operation in Russia? They’re already at war with Ukraine.
Russia would. They’re claiming it’s Ukrainian driven, giving them an excuse to intensify their attack.
25 years ago Putin bombed apartment buildings in Chechnya to give cover for the following actions.
right, but back then appearing stronk and going to war were popular moves, not how it would work now. also elections already happened
unless you mean this false flag as a pretext for withdrawing from ukraine and going all in in afghanistan (again)
They’re using it as an excuse to amp up action in Ukraine, it’s going to be retaliation for the attacks on the gas infrastructure.
they could use, you know, attacks against refineries as pretext
But Isis claimed responsibility, is russia still saying that it was Ukraine?
Yes they are saying that, but Russia uses the propaganda technique ‘firehose of falsehoods’
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4551608-putin-attempts-link-gunmen-moscow-concert-hall-attack-ukraine/
They’re already going all out with missile strikes and throwing battalions of armored assets at the line regularly.
This is to allow them to declare martial law and/or draft more bodies. Assuming it was a false flag, which I doubt.
Wasn’t in Chechnya but Buynaksk (in Dagestan), Moscow, and Volgodonsk (in Rostov oblast)